cornija

/kuɾ.ˈni.ʒɐ/

//kuɾ.ˈni.ʒɐ// noun

The verdict

“cornija” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,026 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,026
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ornato saliente na parte superior de uma parede, porta, móvel, etc.

Corpus desk

Index PT-cornija · cornija · Portuguese

cornija · rank #68,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,026
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH correo

Nearest frequency peer: correo (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cornija”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cornija” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cornija
PropertyValue
Headwordcornija
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kuɾ.ˈni.ʒɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#68,026
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cornija” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cornijacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “correo” (#68,027), “contracenar” (#68,022), “contorcer” (#68,021). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cornija” fica em #68,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cornija is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,026 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kuɾ.ˈni.ʒɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ornato saliente na parte superior de uma parede, porta, móvel, etc.".

cornija doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cornija, spelled C-O-R-N-I-J-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ornato saliente na parte superior de uma parede, porta, móvel, etc.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cornija"?
"cornija" is spelled C-O-R-N-I-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kuɾ.ˈni.ʒɐ/.
What does "cornija" mean?
As a noun, "cornija" means: ornato saliente na parte superior de uma parede, porta, móvel, etc.
How do you pronounce "cornija"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cornija" is /kuɾ.ˈni.ʒɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cornija" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cornija", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list